Windgate Lane https://www.windgatelane.com Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:59:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 72672288 Laundry Room Make over: Whistle While I Work! https://www.windgatelane.com/2011/05/laundry-room-make-over-whistle-while-i-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laundry-room-make-over-whistle-while-i-work https://www.windgatelane.com/2011/05/laundry-room-make-over-whistle-while-i-work/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 23:39:00 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~windgat1/?p=90 Do you know what I  hate, dread, fear, and procrastinate slightly dislike doing?  Laundry. Laundry. Laundry.  Ugh.  What is the only thing besides a maid that could make it any better? A Pretty Laundry Room to work in! Now, the Hubs doubted me- he saw no reason for this little make-over- Nay Sayer!! Not only do I […]

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]]> Do you know what I  hate, dread, fear, and procrastinate slightly dislike doing?  Laundry. Laundry. Laundry.  Ugh.  What is the only thing besides a maid that could make it any better?

A Pretty Laundry Room to work in!

Now, the Hubs doubted me- he saw no reason for this little make-over- Nay Sayer!! Not only do I spend a lot of time working in there- but we walk through this room to go in and out of our garage multiple times a day.

So… after a huge plan of emptying the room and adding board and batten and new paint and a new shelf above the old shelf…. I got tired.  Thus it turned into- foam chair rail 3/4th up on the wall- with a gorgeous gray/blue above that- and four hooks (conveniently there are four of us- unfortunately one of us has several coat options:) – I wanted glossy black accents so- I spray painted a hook I alreayd had in there and with 4 frames from the dollar store and four print outs I had some art too!

Now- is it the palladium I had dreamt of? maybe not.  But is it a lot better and even the Hubs admits it? YES!


I was loosing sleep over my mismatched baskets on the top shelf… as I’m sure most people would… but Target had the perfect little plastic jobbies to hold some cleaner and crafty stuff- cute and cheap with little black accents!
This hanging hamper helps me keep the clothes that are flung off at random times of the day in one place!  Now, I swear my kids aren’t running around like crazy, naked babies all day… kinda…
Here is the little brown hook that I sprayed with some glossy black real quick! makes it pop a bit more- and that bag you see is the beginning of the summer! it will hold all our pool essentials because this is not just the laundry room- it is the drop your pants/towels/ wet clothes after the pool room!
 

and last but not least my dollar frames and printed out numbers… oh and those pesky hooks that gave me high blood pressure trying to hang…

It was a pretty quick job- and added a lot- and no, the chair rail was not perfect, but that’s what caulking is for! And once again my horrible walls made for an interesting time hanging hooks but so far so good!

Hope you are having a great week!
B:)

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